Months after a man followed his wife home from work, tried to punch her, then got back in his truck and rammed hers head-on, Cape Coral police closed its case and arrested him.

According to a news release issued this morning, Donny Ray Crecelius, 60, of Cape Coral, and his wife had been separated for a year when, on April 5, he followed her from her job to her new home on the 4800 block of Manor Court .

He then pulled his pickup into the driveway next to her car. She backed out of the driveway, attempting to flee.

Crecelius blocked her path and got out of his truck. He opened her door and attempted to punch her, missing, the report indicates. He then grabbed her arm to pull her from the car, failing.

She attempted to flee in her car.

He got back in his truck, drove down the street, turned around and drove straight at the victim, police said. The vehicles collided head-on.

The department's Major Crimes Unit arrested Crecelius who received medical care at a hospital and was transferred to the Lee County Jail.

The investigator completed his investigation June 30 and filed additional charges on Crecelius when it was determined his blood-alcohol content was 0.21.

He was jailed on charges of burglary with battery, aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, drunken driving with serious bodily injury, two counts of drunken driving with property damage and drunken driving with a blood-alcohol level of 0.15 or higher.

He remained jailed this morning on $105,000 bond. He is due in court July 18.